NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Longest word
concoction
10 letters
Top scorer
conduction
17 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.9
letters per word
Words by length
Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.
The hints grid
How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Σ
C
1
2
–
1
–
1
2
7
D
2
1
–
1
–
–
–
4
I
2
2
4
1
–
2
–
11
N
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
O
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
T
1
4
–
1
–
–
–
6
U
1
2
–
1
–
–
–
4
Σ
7
12
6
5
0
3
2
35
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
C
co 7
D
di 4
I
ic 2id 2in 6io 1
N
no 1
O
on 1ou 1
T
ti 2to 1tu 3
U
un 4
All 35 answers
206 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★cocci5
coin1
concoction10
condition9
★conductionpangram17
★conduitpangram14
conic5
diction7
dino1
dint1
ditto5
icon1
iconic6
idiot5
idiotic7
indict6
induct6
★inductionpangram16
into1
intuit6
intuition9
ionic5
notion6
onion5
outdid6
tinct5
tint1
tonic5
tuition7
tunic5
tutti5
unction7
undid5
union5
unit1